Improvement in electroplating apparatus



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Coating Metals. No. 101,075. Patented March 22, 1870;

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.llOWlfiLL W, WRIGHT, TAUXTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 101,075, dated flfarcli- 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTROPLATING- APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these-Letters Patent and making part 0. the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HQWELL W. \Ylnon'r, of Taunton, i'n the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in l'llcctn'iplating Apparatus; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming partof this specification, in which Figure l is a 'detail sectional view oimy improved apparatus.

Figure 2 a detail cross-section of the same taken through the line a: 2', fig. 1.

My invention' has for its object to furnish animproved apparatus for use in electroplating tack, nails, screws, and other small articles with copper or other metal, which will enable the said articles to he quickly, conveniently, and thoroughly plated, in any desired quantity; and t It consists in the apparatus constructed and operating substantially as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the receiver, which may be madeof wood, glass, earthenware, or other suitable material which a non-conductor of electricity, and will be unaffected by the plating-solutions. The receiver A may be made cylindrical, as shown in the drawings, or of any other desired or convenient form.

One endot' the receiver A is made close, and has a journal, 1, attached to or thrmcd solid upon its middle part.

The other end of the receiver A is provided with a close-fitting cover, which may be secured in place bybolts and nuts, and which has a journal, 1), formed upon or attached to its middle part, as shown in fig, 1.

15 is a number of points, fingers, or projections from the inner surface oi the receiver A, which act as stirrcrs, to keep the. tacks, nails, or other articles bein; plated, stirrcd'up, so that they may all be plated in all their parts.

l, G are copper wires, which pass through the sides of the receiver A.

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One of the wires 1* G, as 1 projects inward, so as to be immersed in the solution, and the inner end of the other wire, as (i, is connected with the plate or ingot H, of copper or other metal being used, and which should be secured to the side of the receiver, so that itcannot get out of place or out of contact with the pole or wirc G, and thus interrupt the plat The receiver A. may be revolved by any of the well-known means.

The connection or circuitwires of the. battery should be secured in such a position that the two wires 1* G at each revolution of the receiver A may come in contact with the ends of the circuit-wires oi the battery, and thus complete or close the circuit, which is again instantly broken bythe onward movement of the receiver, thus increasing the cilicicm v oi" said current. v

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1.atent-- 1 1. A non-coinlucting revolving receiver for receiving the solution and articles to be plated, substantially as herein shown and described. and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the stirrcrs E, plate oringot H, and colulucting-wires or poles 1 (,v, with the non-conducting revolvin cylinder A, substantially herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. Clectroplating by means of a revolving receiver, in which the metal, solution, and articles to be plated are placed, and which, by its revolution, continuously opens and closes the circuit, substantially as herein shown and dc. ribed, and for the purpose set; forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 4th day of .l"ebruary, 1870.

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Witnesses:

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